Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
Please
  
thov
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Mong
  
French Name
anglais
  
hmong
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available